The appeal for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus is dismissed, and the effective date for service connection for tinnitus is set to May 19, 2017. The claim for service connection for a seizure disorder is remanded.
The deciding factor: The maximum rating for tinnitus has been assigned, making an increased rating moot. The earliest possible effective date for service connection for tinnitus was the date of the most recent unadjudicated claim, which was May 19, 2017. A VA examination is needed to determine the nature and etiology of any seizure disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, seizure disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25086635
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